The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-26

tlnuAnce ana MS ndelty, and there Will
be Just as high reward for the engineer "
worked out Of sight as fer the captain
stood on the bridge Of the ship in the,
Of the bowling tempest
There are said TO be about 5000
Of religion in this country. Aboq
warrant came from early homes
70 struggle for the necessaries os
sons Of rich bankers and merchanf
become bankers and merchants
Of those who become ministers are
tho-e who had terrific struggle nv
! everyday bread. The collegiate and
cal education OF that son took everkN1
from the parental table for eight yea
/ other children were more scantily algs
! TIE son at college every little while AZ
bundle from home. In it were the socks
mother had knit, sitting up late on
night. her sight not as good as on
] IL was. And there also were sOTne
delicacies from the sisters hand for,
the voraciOus appetite Of a hungry student
: The father swung the heavy cradle through
the wheat, the sweat rolling from his chin be.
driving every step Of the way. and then sit
ting down under the cherry tree at noon
thinking 70 himself: Il am fearfully tired but
II viii pay II ! can once see that boy through
college, and II / can know that he will be
preaching the Gospel after | am dead" The
younger children want to know why they
can't have this and that as others do, and the
mother SAYS; BE patient, my children, until
your brother graduates, and then you shall
have more Injuries, but we must SEE that
bow through
The years go by, and the son has been
ordained and is preaching the glorious
Gospel, and a great revival comes, and souls
By scores and hundreds accept the Gospel
from the lips Of that young preacher, and
father and mother, quite old now, are visiting
the son at that village parsonage, and at the
close Of Sabbath OF mighty blessing father
and mother retire 10 their room, the son
lighting the way and asking them Il he can
do anything to make them more comfortable
saying If they want anything in the nigh
just 20 knock on the wall And then, a
alone, father and mother talk over
gracious Influences Of the day and
well, il was worth all we went thr.
- educate that bow. IL was hard pul
we held on till the work was done.
world may not know 1t, but, mother. IS
the rope. didn't wef' And the voice, I.
lOus with joyful emotion, respOndsNIi
father, we held the rope. feel my q
done. Now, Lord, lett st Thou Thy %
depart in peace, for mine eyes have s,nD
salvation '-Pshawi7 says the fsthen,
never felt so much like living in my lit
now. ! want 10 sae what that fellow is
on 70 do, he has begun so WE'LL and
Something occurs 10 me quite personal.
YVES the youngest Of large family of cbild-'i
rem Nv parents were neither rich nor Door:
and four obtained it, but not without great
home struggle. We never heard the old peO-
pie say once that :heywere denying themselves
70 effect this, but | remember now that my
parents always looked tired | don't think
theT ever got rested until they Law down
in the Somerville cemetery. Mother would
sit down in the evening and say: well,
/ don't know what makes me feel so
tired Father would fall Immediately
70 sleep, seated by the evening stand
overcome with the days fatigues. One Of
the four brothers, after preaching the gospel
for about fifty years, entered upon his heav
emily rest Another Of the four Is on the
other ode Of the earth, missionary Of the
cross. Two Of Us are in this land in the home
ministry and | think all OF us are willing to
acknowledge our obligations TO the old folks
at home. About tWenty-one years ago the
one, and about twenty-three years ago the
other, put down the burdens Of this life, but
they still hold the rope.
%, men and women here assembled. YOU
brag sometimes how You have fought your
way in the world. but think there have been
helpful influences that you have never fully
acknowledged. Has there not been some in
fuence in your early or present home that
the world cannot see! Does there not reach
70 you from among the New England hills,
or from western prairie or from southern
plantation, or from English or Scottish or
Irish home d cord Of influence that has kept
y,
and which, after you had male a crooked
track, recalled youi The rope may be as
long as thirty years, or five hundred miles
long, or three thousand miles long, but hands
thai went out Of mortal sight long ago viii
hold the rope. You want very
swift horse, and you need TO rowel
him with sharpest spurs, and TO Jet the
reins lie loose upon the neck, and to give a
shout % the racer, II YOU are going TO ride
out Of reach Of your mothers prayers. Why,
q ship crossing the Atlantic in six days can't
sal away from that A sailor finds them on
the lookout as he takes his place. and finds
them on the mast as he climbs the ratlines to
disentangle a rope in the tempest and finds
them swinging on the hammock when he
turns in Why not be frank and acknowl-
edge 1.-THE most Of Us would long ago have
been dashed to pieces had not gracious and
loving hands steadily, lovingly and nightly
held the rope.
But there must come a time when we shall
find out who these Damascenes were who
lowered Paul in the basket, and greet them
and all those who have rendered TO God and
the world unrecognized and unrecorded
sery1cea That Is going to be one Of tho glad
excItemsuts OF heaven, the hunting up and
picking out Of those who did great good on
earth and got no credit for it. Here the |
church has been going on for nineteen CEN
turles. and yet the world has not recognized
the services Of the people in that DamascuIc,
balcony. Charles G.. Finney said TO dyi'
Christian F.. " Give my love ~ st. Paul v
you meet him When you and meet
as we viii, shall ask him TO introdusgn
% those people who got him out q
DaInascene peril
Wego into long ssrmons 70 prove aod
WI be able 70 rerognize people in h
whs1 there = one reason We fail to PMS,
and that is bett'r than all-God viii
dnce us- We shall have them all pointetnamt
You would not be guilty Of the impolite,on I
Of having friends in your parlor not iIoA4'
duoed, and celestial politeness will demaI
that We he made acquainted with all th-s,
heavenly household. What rehearsal Of old J
times and recital Of stirring "reminiscences i
II others fail 70 give introduction, God will
take Us through, and before our first |
twenty four hours in heaven-if it were /
calculated by earthly timepieces-haye |
Tassed, we shall meet and talk with more 1
heavenly celebrities than in our entire mortal |
state We met with earthly celebrities Many /
who made great noise Of usefulness will sit I
on the last seat by the front door OF the /
heavenly temple while right up within /
many who though they could not preach |
themselves or do great exploits Tor God, /
nevertheless held the rope.
Come let Us go right up sad accost those
on this circle Of heavenly thrones. Surely /
they must have killed in battle million men
lNuIElN lltil luleN uuNt Nttl uullttA Win
the cathedrals sounding dirge and all the
towers Of all the cities tolling the national
grief Who art thou, mighty one Of heaveni
Il lived by choice the unmarried daughter in
an humble home that | might take care OF my
parents in their old age and endured with
out complaint all their queruloGsness and ad-
ministered 10 all their wants for twenty
years
Let US pass on round the circle Of thrones !.
VINO art thou, mighty one Of heaven. II /
was for thirty years a Christian invalid, and
suffered all the while, occasionally writing dS
note or sympathy for those worse off than. ,dy-
and was general confident of all those
had trouble, and once in while was st-.lr
enough to make a garment for that poorto h
lily in the back lane. Pass on to an
throne Who art thou. mighty one Of hLn
Il Was the mother who raised a whole he d
Of children for God, and they are ousl G
world Christian merchants, ChristiaSiNi II
chanics, Christian wives and l have hey cA
reward Of all my toll Let US pass.
the circles Of thrones 81 had a Sabr
school class and they were always on md
heart, and they all entered the kingdon-x,
God. and am waiting for their arrival
But who art thou, the mighty one of heaven
on this other throne. In time of bitter per-
secution / owned a house in Damascus, a
house on the wall A man who preached
Christ was bounded from street to street and
hid him from the assaSslns, and when found
them breaking in my house and l could no
longer keep him safely, advised him to fee
for his life, and a basket was let down over
the wall with the maltreated man in it and ]
was one who helped hold the rope And /